Humane Economics

Essays in Honor of Don Lavoie

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

Don Lavoie's published work encompasses a wide range of subjects - socialism, hermeneutics, information technology, and culture. The subjects appear unrelated, but a close examination of his research reveals an underlying unity of thought and an economics at sharp variance with the post World War II mainstream. The contributors to this volume explore the legacy of his scholarship and its implications for economics. Three themes run throughout Don Lavoie's work and are explored in these chapters, the overarching one being the importance of social intelligence to economics. Second, and related to this, was his belief that certain institutions or practices are better at creating social intelligence than others - what might be termed the primacy of liberty or voluntaryism. Thirdly, he asserted that economics is more closely aligned with the humane disciplines than with the physical. As these essays make clear, if the next generation of economists does integrate economics with the humanities, some of the credit must go to Don Lavoie. Students and scholars of economics, methodology, and the humanities more broadly will find this a provocative and enriching collection.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-10-27
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781845425111

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Nationalekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

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Edited by Jack High, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, George Mason University, US

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'This book highlights Don Lavoie's multidisciplinary approach to the study of economics. In his view, economics is closer to the humanities than to the hard sciences, notwithstanding the claim often made in the literature that economics is indeed "a hard science". True to Lavoie's vision, the book contains theoretical articles and case studies which link economics to several fields of study. It is a delight to see emphasis placed on the "hows and whys" underlying market processes.'

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:PART I: INTRODUCTORY1. Humane Economics: An Introduction to the Work of Don LavoieJack HighPART II: SOCIALIST CALCULATION2. Calculation, Competition and EntrepreneurshipIsrael M. Kirzner3. Don Lavoie’s Contributions to Comparative EconomicsPeter J. Boettke and David L. Prychitko4. A Typology of Interventionist DynamicsRobert L. Bradley Jr.PART III: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY5. Institutions as Abstraction BoundariesBill Tulloh and Mark S. Miller6. ‘New’ Collaborative Learning Environments: The Convergence of Hermeneutics and HypertextVirgil Henry StorrPART IV: PHILOSOPHY7. Hermeneutics and Liberty: Remembrance of Don LavoieG.B. Madison8. Hermeneutics in Economics: On the Status of ‘As-If’ FunctionsWayne J. Froman9. Humility and Truth in EconomicsDeirdre McCloskeyPART V: CULTURAL STUDIES10. The Development of Cultural Economy: Foundational Questions and Future DirectionEmily Chamlee-Wright11. Innovation of Cardio-Imaging Technology at Hewlett-Packard and HP/PhilipsDon E. KashPART VI: APPENDIX12. Subjective Orientation and Objective Wealth: Entrepreneurship and the Convergence of Groupware and Hypertext CapabilitiesDon LavoieBibliography of Don Lavoie’s PublicationsIndex